The newest Takahashi
refractor, the triplet TOA-130, is the first of the new Ortho-Apochromat
Series.

This 21st century
innovation employs a newly designed triplet using special elements to
produce the highest order of color correction, hence the name Ortho-Apochromat
and is packaged in a short 32° tube with the lens shade retracted.

This instrument will
be offered with the classic 2.7° focuser. For those wanting to use
a medium format camera, we will offer a deluxe 4° focuser with built-in
camera angle adjuster. This focuser, coupled with the dedicated flattener,
will produce a fully illuminated 70mm circle with a usable 92mm diameter.

The high order of
color correction of the Ortho-Apochromat Series produces images with saturated
color and thanks to the numerous knife-edged baffles, an image with amazing
contrast.

The TOA-130 is perfect
for visual, CCD and photo imaging. The f/7.7 focal ratio with a 1000mm
focal length is long enough, using the LE-ED 2.8mm Takahashi ocular, for
high magnification observations of the Moon and planets and yet will produce
a 2.5° field at 20x when used with the Takahashi flat field LE-50
2° ocular.

Ample back focus,
over 200mm from the rear cell, has been designed in to permit the user
to use a variety of CCD cameras, color filter wheels and electronic focusers
or film cameras.